BUENOS AIRES, Sept 10 (AFP): Argentine President Mauricio Macri's government will continue discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week as efforts to stave off an economic crisis multiply.
It will be a crucial week for Macri and his government after a turbulent few months in which the currency has been badly hit by a crisis of confidence, while public protests have increased in regularity and fervor.
"Argentina will start again, but there is a transition to navigate," Macri admitted on Friday.
The peso was starting to recover at the end of last week after a dramatic two days of crashes the week before.
Having lost 20 per cent against the dollar over two days a week earlier, it regained 5.35 per cent from Wednesday to Friday to close at 37.77.
But that still represents a loss of around half its value since the start of 2018.
Panicking Argentines, who view the dollar as a safety net for their savings, have withdrawn $500 million from the banking sector since April.
According to official estimates, they are holding $300 billion outside of their country's financial circuit, either in cash or abroad, mostly in Uruguay and the US.
The micro-recovery has been helped by positive noises coming out of Washington, where Finance Minister Nicolas Dujovne met with IMF head Christine Lagarde last week.
But Macri says the public is right to remain worried.
"All the structural issues have not been resolved because we had three days of calm," said the president.
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